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Every sum paid to a sanitary authority must be applied in defraying the expenses of the
sanitary authority incurred under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and so far as not required
for that purpose those incurred in respect of lighting, and so far as not required for that purpose those
incurred in respect of streets, and where the sanitary district comprises two or more parishes, the sum
paid must be apportioned among such parishes in proportion to their population, and the amount
apportioned to each parish credited to the parish in the reduction of the rate required from such parish
towards the above-mentioned expenses.
The sanitary authority is required to render annually to the Local Government Board a return
showing the amount of the sum so paid, and the total expenses incurred in respect of the three subjects
mentioned.
If the Local Government Board, under section 101 of the Public Health (London) Act, are
satisfied that the sanitary authority have been guilty of such default as in such section mentioned, and
have made an order limiting a time for the performance of the duty of the authority, the London
County Council shall, if directed by the Local Government Board, withhold the whole or any part of
the payment of the sum due to such authority.
The Act provides that for the purposes of the distribution of the fund a census shall be taken
on the 29th March, 1896. In other years an estimate of population on the 6th of April will be made
by the Registrar-general upon returns which the Local Government Board will receive from the
authority making the poor rate in each parish, showing the total number of houses entered in the rate
book of the parish.

(a) The grant in respect of a portion of this district is paid to the sanitary authority of the City of London